10g overstocked or not?

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Just joined the forum, been creepin for a while though!

I acquired my brothers 2 tanks when he moved away a couple of months ago. A 10 gallon with a female swordtail and 5 small bronze corys, and a 5 gallon (i think) with 8 longfin leopard danios.

The 5 gallon has sprung a nasty crack/leak and I've thrown all the danios in the 10 gallon 3 days ago. Everything is going fine so far.

Is the tank overstocked now? Can I leave all the fish in there as it is, or do I need to get a second tank?

I wanted to get 2 more swordtails (M and F) for the 10g since I really like them, but it looks like I have too many fish in there already. Should I find another home for the relocated danios first?

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Oh definitely relocate those danios. They need much more room than that for all of them, at least forty gallons should provide nice swimming room.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

FYI don't get a male and female swordtail. Get one sex, otherwise they'll breed LIKE RABBITS and their fry will overrun your tank, you'll be sellin lots of babies!

 

[jetajockey]

Just joined the forum, been creepin for a while though!

I acquired my brothers 2 tanks when he moved away a couple of months ago. A 10 gallon with a female swordtail and 5 small bronze corys, and a 5 gallon (i think) with 8 longfin leopard danios.

The 5 gallon has sprung a nasty crack/leak and I've thrown all the danios in the 10 gallon 3 days ago. Everything is going fine so far.

Is the tank overstocked now? Can I leave all the fish in there as it is, or do I need to get a second tank?

I wanted to get 2 more swordtails (M and F) for the 10g since I really like them, but it looks like I have too many fish in there already. Should I find another home for the relocated danios first?

The aeneus corys are really too large for a 10g long term. Your best solution would be to get a larger tank.

 

[allaboutfish]

try a 20 gallon long or 29 gallon unless you can get like a 55 gallon.

 

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FYI don't get a male and female swordtail. Get one sex, otherwise they'll breed LIKE RABBITS and their fry will overrun your tank, you'll be sellin lots of babies!

Ok, let's say I just want to keep what I have. 5 corys, 1 swordtail, 6 longfin danios. Is the 10g doable with frequent water changes or do I need to split them up into a new 5g as well? I can't keep anything bigger and don't want to give any of the fish away.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Ok, let's say I just want to keep what I have. 5 corys, 1 swordtail, 8 longfin danios. Is the 10g doable with frequent water changes or do I need to split them up into a new 5g as well? I can't keep anything bigger and don't want to give any of the fish away.

I'm telling you that ten gallon is too small for those danios. You need at least a twenty gallon. Plus none of those fish will fit in a five gallon. Five gallons are too small for almost any normal sized fish and you will need to rehome those danios and eventually the cories I think they get two to three inches long or something like that.

 

[allaboutfish]

corys and swordtails and danios ALL need 20 gallons to feel comfortable and a 20 gallon long is only 32 dollars at petsmart and at petco theyre having a dollar per galloin sale next week.

 

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Thanks. Time to go shopping!

Is there any school of small fish I can put in this 10g once the larger tank is here, or do most of you just use it to quarantine or for the fry?

 

[rich311k]

Neons, embers, micro rasboras plenty of choices.

 

[bruinsbro1997]

Try a small school of neone tetras.